Founding Teacher – Success Academy Florida

The role

Founding teachers will help establish the culture, routines, and academic excellence for Success Academy in Florida. You will deliver rigorous instruction, manage a classroom of 25+ students, and engage with families to support student growth.

What you will do

• Collaborate with colleagues and leaders to strengthen instruction and student outcomes.
• Serve as an ambassador of SA's Adult Winning Culture.
• Engage and invest families in students' academic growth and behavior.
• Build strong, trusting relationships with students.
• Deeply study the SA curriculum, assignments, and learning goals.
• Deliver rigorous, engaging instruction that drives mastery of the content.
• Study student work and assessment data to evaluate learning.
• Provide timely, actionable feedback to students.
• Lead and manage a classroom of 25+ students.
• Establish and enforce routines and expectations.

Required qualifications

• A bachelor's degree before your first day of work
• Fluency in English
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Passion for learning and commitment to student development
• Ability to work in person in Miami, Florida

Nice to have

• Bilingual fluency in Spanish and/or Haitian Creole

Benefits

• Exceptional pay growth
• Comprehensive health and wellness benefits
• Career pathways into leadership
• Performance-based incentives
• Employee recognition program
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage through Cigna and VSP
• SA covers 82% of most popular medical insurance plan
• Free One Medical membership
• $50 monthly cellphone stipend
• Pre-tax savings accounts for healthcare, dependent care, and commuter expenses
• Free and confidential counseling through Employee Assistance Program and Talkspace
• Backup care for children and adults

Before you apply

• Success Academy Charter Schools does not offer employment-based immigration sponsorship.

About the company

Success Academy is a high-performing network of public charter schools expanding to Florida. They work to ensure children have access to a fun, rigorous, whole-child education.